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Helpful Tools for Trying to Conceive

• Ovulation Calculator - Use our handy ovulation calculator to determine your most fertile days
• Ovulation Calendar - Create a personalized ovulation calendar that tells you when you're most fertile, when you'll ovulate, when to take a pregnancy test and more
• Online Pregnancy Test - Take our online pregnancy test
• Fertility Charting - Chart your basal body temperature with our handy online fertility charting tool
• Trying-to-Conceive Survey - See the results of our ttc survey to help you understand the profile of the "typical" trying-to-conceive woman
• Weight and Fertility: How Your Weight Can Affect Your Ability to Get Pregnant - A Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator with helpful information.

Conception Process

• Anatomy of Ovulation
• The Story of Your Menstrual Cycle & Getting Pregnant
• Fertility Facts: the Path from Preconception to Pregnancy
• Guide to Fertility Definitions
• Tips on Getting Pregnant: a Day to Day Guide to your Cycle and Ovulation
• Progesterone, Ovulation & BBT Charting
• FAQ: What is implantation & what are the signs?
• FAQ: How long does it take to conceive?
• Infertility
• Low Sperm Count & Male Fertility Issues
• Implantation Bleeding

Week by Week Timeline

• From Ovulation to Pregnancy
• Menstruation to Ovulation
• Implantation & the Luteal Phase
• Pregnancy Symptoms & Fetal Development
• What to Expect During Your 1st Trimester
• What is Luteal Phase Defect
• What is the 2-week wait?

Male Fertility

• Men's Fertility
• FAQ: What are the factors in sperm health?
• FAQ: What is Sperm Count and Motility? How many days can sperm live?
• FAQ: How Can I Increase Sperm Count?
• Low Sperm Count & Male Fertility Issues
• Clinical Research on Sperm & Male Fertility

Conception FAQs

• FAQs for Trying-to-Conceive Couples
• 1. What are the first early pregnancy signs - and when are they detectable or first sensed?
• 2. How do pregnancy tests work?
• 3. What is hCG? Why is its function as a reproductive hormone?
• 4. I missed my period but my pregnancy test is negative. What could be going on?
• 5. When does the Pregnancy Test usually become positive?
• 6. Is it possible to have a false-positive pregnancy test? Or a false-negative?
• 7. When and how often should we make love?
• 8. Am I ovulating? What are the common signs or symptoms of ovulation?
• 9. How can I identify my fertile window - or the very best day to conceive?
• 10. What's involved in BBT charting and how do I take a basal temperature reading?
• 11. What is Fertile Cervical Mucus , What does it do, and When can I expect it?
• 12. What is Sperm Count and Motility? How many days can sperm live?
• 13. Implantation: What is it and what are the signs?
• 14. How much will my bbt temperature rise? What is a normal bbt thermal shift?
• 15. How does the position of my cervix change when I ovulate?
• 16. The journey of sperm: What are the factors in sperm health and pregnancy?
• 17. Is there clinical research supporting fertility products or supplements?
• 18. What is my ovulation cycle?
• 19. What is a luteal phase defect?
• 20. What is the role of progesterone in fertility and pregnancy?
• 21. Can Herbal Supplements help me conceive?
• 22. Can Fertility Yoga or Acupuncture help me?
• 23. What is the 2 Week Wait ?
• 24. Does Fashion Choice reflect fertility?
• 25. How Long Does It Take to Conceive?
• 26. Can special Fertilitea teas help me conceive?
• 27. Can Prenatal Music make my baby smarter?
• 28. Guaifenesin Cough Syrup or FertileCM for Thin Cervical Mucus?
• 29. How Can I Increase Sperm Count?

Boosting Your Chances of Getting Pregnant

• Increasing your Odds of Conceiving
• Fertility Facts: the Path from Preconception to Pregnancy
• Guide to Fertility Definitions
• TTC Primer with Chart
• FAQ: When & how often should we make love?
• FAQ: How can I identify my fertile window or, the best time to conceive?
• FAQ: How can I increase sperm count?
• FAQ: What are the factors in sperm health?
• Men's Fertility
• Clinical Research on Sperm & Male Fertility
• FAQ: Can herbal supplements help me conceive?
• FAQ: Can green tea & vitex help me conceive?
• Increasing Fertility with Vitex
• Clomid, Fertility Supplements & Pre-seed
• Fertility Meds & Supplements
• Fertility Yoga & Accupuncture
• Best Sexual Positions for Getting Pregnant
• How to Get Pregnant
• Clomid and Ovulation
• Top 10 Ways to Increase Your Fertility
• Fertility Diet

Predicting Ovulation

• Ovulation Calendar (tool)
• The Anatomy of Ovulation
• FAQ: How can I tell that I'm ovulating?
• Fertility Charting and Methods of Predicting Ovulation
• Charting Ovulation to Pregnancy
• How to Fertility Chart: Basal Thermometer & BBT Charting
• How to use your basal thermometer
• BBT Charting & Timing Intercourse
• Progesterone, Ovulation & BBT Charting
• FAQ: What is fertile cervical mucus?
• FAQ: How much will my BBT increase?
• FAQ: Can the position & feel of my cervix tell me if I'm ovulating?
• Printable Fertility Chart
• Changes in Fertile Cervical Mucus
• Am I Ovulating?
• FSH and Fertility: How Follicle Stimulating Hormone Can Affect Your Ability to Conceive

Fertility Products: Buying Guides & Reviews

• FAQ: Is there clinical research supporting fertility products?

Ovulation Predictors

• Fertility Testing Guide: Ovulation & Pregnancy
• Ovulation and Pregnancy Test FAQ
• Ovulation Test FAQs
• Fertility & Ovulation Predictor Tests
• How do Ovulation Tests predict fertility?
• How do I interpret ovulation test results?
• How do I determine when to begin testing for ovulation?
• Help using ovulation tests
• How to use your basal thermometer
• Ovulation Microscopes: Instructions & FAQ
• OV-Watch: Predict Ovulation While You Sleep
• Predicting Ovulation with the ClearBlue Fertility Monitor
• Fertility Charting with a Saliva Ovulation Microscope
• Detecting your "Estrogen Surge" with the OvaCue Fertility Monitor

• How do supplements work?
• Vitex & Fertility Pills
• Fertility Meds & Supplements
• Cervical Mucus & Fertility: How Fertile CM can Help
• Cervical Mucus & Evening Primrose Oil
• Clinical Research on Sperm & Male Fertility
• Pre-Seed Moisturizer Review
• Men's Fertility: from Sperm Analysis Tests to Supplements
• Pre-seed Chat with Creator Dr Joanna Ellington
• FertilAid for Women Interview

• Test Instructions Overview
• Ovulation Test Strips
• Ovulation Midstream Tests
• FSH Tests
• Ovulation Microscopes: Instructions & FAQ

Testing for Pregnancy

• Pregnancy Test Strips
• Pregnancy Midstream Tests
• Pregnancy Test Review and Comparison Chart
• How Early Can I Test for Pregnancy?
• How Accurate Are Pregnancy Tests?
• What's a Faint Line on a Pregnancy Test Mean?
• What are Pregnancy Test Evaporation Lines?
• What is a Chemical Pregnancy?
• Missed your Period? The Role of HCG in Pregnancy & Testing
• First Morning Urine & Pregnancy Testing
• Pregnancy Test Kit Sensitivity & Accuracy
• FAQ: How do pregnancy tests work?
• FAQ: I missed my period but my pregnancy test is negative
• FAQ: Can I receive a false positive result on my pregnancy test? Or a false negative?
• The History of the Pregnancy Test
• Negative Pregnancy Test and Missed Period
• Implantation Bleeding

Pregnancy & Breastfeeding

• Pregnancy Symptoms
• FAQ: What are the earliest signs of pregnancy?
• Caffeine & Pregnancy
• Bleeding during Pregnancy
• Music, Pregnancy & Fetal Development
• Fenugreek
• Nursing Time Tea Interview with Herbalist Pam Caldwell
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids & Fetal-Pregnancy Health

Infertility

• Infertility
• Secondary Infertility
• Unexplained Infertility
• FertilAid for Women and PCOS
• Fertility Drugs Vs. FertilAid for Women